Teaching in an online environment requires many of the same strategies that lead to success in a traditional classroom setting -- like cultivating relationships with students and providing them with timely, relevant feedback -- but doing it right requires thoughtful planning. Here are four tactics that can help educators who are new to this experience…
Twenty education associations and education technology companies have developed a rubric to help school districts identify improvements needed for effective remote instruction this year. The guide helps districts evaluate 29 areas, including goals, governance and schedules.
Teachers can help recover students' lost time from the spring by highlighting skills rather than knowledge gaps and by valuing insights over assessments, writes DreamBox Learning's Tim Hudson, a former math educator. Hudson also advises focusing on mental and physical health before diving into the curriculum.
The coronavirus pandemic gives us an opportunity to zero in on what's essential. Jill Harrison Berg, a leadership coach and school improvement consultant, shares how, by looking through the lens of the NBPTS Five Core Propositions, school leaders can leverage shifts already underway to support powerful teaching.
With less structure and supervision than is typically provided inside a classroom, remote classes lean hard on already stressed parents to help students with ADHD stay focused and engaged.
For mange unge med ADHD har folkeskolen ikke været den store succes, så de kan have svært ved at planlægge og strukturere skoledagen og indgå i gruppearbejde på en ungdomsuddannelse. Et nyt projekt skal hjælpe unge til at mestre udfordringerne.
Ofte kræver det kun små forandringer, når et indsatsteam tager ud på skoler i Horsens for at hjælpe med at få elever med autisme til at trives. Et kernepunkt er at få lærere og forældre til at trække i samme retning, for eksempel med ens struktur i hjem og skole.